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Sonic inpact of spike/floor protectors

Just wondering:

We all know about the sonic benefits of using spikes under our speakers. But doesn't putting those little puck-like floor protectors between the spikes and the floor negate the benefits of using the spikes? Since the idea behind the spikes is to mechanically ground the speakers by concentrating the contact point of the speaker/floor interface, it seems to me that by using the floor protectors we are defeating the benefits. Why not skip the spikes altogether, if damaging the floor is out of the question? What am I missing here? Thoughts please.
frogman

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stehno
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Frogman, you are correct that the goal is to mechanically ground or couple the speakers to the floor.

The coupling discs will compromise the sonics but they should not negate them.

Unless, you plan on dragging the speakers across the floor, I would not worry about the 3 tiny dimples that the points would put into the floor.

The goal here is transfer the vibrations away from the speakers and into the sub-flooring system as expeditiously as possible. Anything between the point and the floor, including a coupling disc, will compromise that transfer to one degree or another.

-IMO
stehno
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Well said, Tom. I'm not familiar with StanHiFi but I am familiar with being stalked around here for the last 3 years. By a relative no less and his behind-the-scenes behavior is far more pathetic.

Perhaps the most bizarre behavior I’ve yet encountered outside of the movies.

-IMO
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